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Table 2 Socioeconomic-related inequity in health care costs

From: Socioeconomic variation in the burden of chronic conditions and health care provision – analyzing administrative individual level data from the Basque Country, Spain

 

Observed CI

Need-predicted CI

Horizontal inequity

 

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Primary care

−0.0655*

−0.0480*

−0.0483*

−0.0391*

−0.0172*

−0.0090*

Specialized outpatient care

−0.0764*

−0.0676*

−0.0454*

−0.0417*

−0.0310*

−0.0259*

Emergency department attendances

−0.0927*

−0.0720*

−0.0664*

−0.0552*

−0.0263*

−0.0168*

Inpatient stays

−0.0844*

−0.0676*

−0.0770*

−0.0752*

−0.0074

0.0077

Prescriptions

−0.0662*

−0.0417*

−0.0462*

−0.0361*

−0.0200*

−0.0056

Total

−0.0753*

−0.0597*

−0.0569*

−0.0533*

−0.0184*

−0.0065

  1. Observed and need-predicted concentration indices (CIs) and estimates of horizontal inequity in total health care costs.
  2. * p < 0.05.